Tim Prince wrote:
> A compiler for a CPU with extra precision operations could gain that much
> precision by optimizing inner loops.
Sorry, I forgot that not everyone uses IA-32 processors (under Linux of course
:-) Yes, there is the possibility that the 80-bit floating point registers
are being used to enhance precision, thanks to several people for pointing
this out. I will look into compiler options to see if there are some switches
I can try to force the less-careful compiler to maximize precision...
Thanks,
Aleksandar
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